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Detail of wrapper of OCEANIC ART - Myth, Man, and Image in the South Seas (schmitz12xp 220/165 SCHM12)
Schmitz, Carl A. OCEANIC ART. Myth, Man and Image. BNo. 8109-0351-2. First Edition, 1969. Pp: 406; 270mm x 290mm; 3.54kg. 50 col (pl), 287 b/w & fig, 6 maps. Preface, introduction, bibliography, photographic sources. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cloth boards. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Harry N. Abrams Inc Publishers, New York, 1969. (Beginning with a historical survey, the author explores stylistic trends and iconographic motifs and traces them back to their roots in basic cultural trraditions) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, New Guinea, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia).
Book Code: L083 AU$950
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Detail of wrapper - WANTOAT - Art and Religion of the Northeast New Guinea Papuans (schmitz13p 160/192 SCHM13)
Schmitz, Carl A. WANTOAT - Art and Religion of the Northeast New Guinea Papuans. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1963. Pp: 159; 240mm x 200mm; 0.70kg. 2 col, 46 b/w, 4 fig. Bibliography. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor dump on one corner). Mouton & Co, Publishers, The Hague, 1963. (Based on fieldwork carried out in 1955 and 1956 the author describes the art and culture and the life rhythm of the Wantoat people living on the southern flanks of the great mountains Finisterre and Saruwaged in the northeast of New Guinea) (Keywords: Ethnology, religion, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Papuans, Pasum, Summangorum, kap ngaman festival, kap japi shield, kon pagab).
Book Code: G102 AU$150
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Detail of wrapper of EMBODIED SPIRITS - Ritual Carvings of the Asmat (schneebaum2p 150/206)
Schneebaum, Tobias. EMBODIED SPIRITS. Ritual Carvings of the Asmat. Peabody Museum. BNo. 0-87577-155-6. First Edition, 1990 (pb). Pp: 104; 280mmx 200mm; 0.42kg. 30 col, 114 b/w, 1 map. Foreword, acknowledgments, preface, selected bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts, 1990. (This catalogue was prepared to accompany the travelling exhibition from the Gajdusek Collection of the Peabody Museum and the Crosier Asmat Museum Collection of Hastings Nebraska. A catalogue of 106 objects each with a description and illustrated with a photograph) (Keywords: Ethnology, Fumeripitsj, mbis, Kombai, Casaurina Coast, Brazza River, Tjitak villages).
Book Code: G046 SOLD - now out of stock AU$43
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Smedts, Matthew. NO TOBACCO NO HALLELUJAH. A Tale of a Visit to the Stone Age Capaukoos. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1955. Pp: 204; 215mm x 140mm; 0.45kg. 26 b/w(pl). Acknowledgment, epilogue. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor wear on dw & cvr). William Kimber and Co Limited, London, 1955. (This book is an account of the author's experiences among the mountain Papuans of the Capaukoo tribe. He studied their customs and beliefs and observed their rituals) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Irian Jaya, customs, rituals).
Book Code: C039 AU$25
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Smidt, Dirk (editor). KAMORO ART - Tradition and Innovation in a New Guinea Culture. With an essay Kamoro Life and Ritual by Jan Pouwer. BNo. 90-6832-268-0. First Edition, 2003. Pp: 158; 305mm x 235mm; 1.18kg. num col & b/w, 1 map. About the authors, preface, introduction, bibliography. A very good hardback copy with an illustrated cover. Cvr: vg. KIT Publishers, Amsterdam and Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, 2003. (A selection of major pieces from the collection of the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, augmented by rare objects from other museums in the Netherlands, has been brought together in the catalogue section of the book) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua, Kamoro, ceremonial feasts, culture).
Book Code: Q098 AU$72
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Detail of wrap - PIECES OF PARADISE (specht03p 165/223 SPEC03).
Specht, Jim (text) & Fiona Doig (editor). PIECES OF PARADISE. Australian Natural History - Supplement No.1, 1988. BNo. 0-7305-4598-9. First Edition, 1988 (pb). Pp: 48; 290mm x 215mm; 0.20kg. 86 col, 1 b/w, 1 map. Director's foreword. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. The Australian Museum Trust, Sydney, 1988. (This catalogue illustrates some of the artefacts in the Museum's collection from a number of the Pacific Islands) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia).
Book Code: T254 AU$15
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Detail of wrapper of MELANESIAN CARGO CULTS (steinbauer1p 150/219 STEI1)
Steinbauer, Friedrich. MELANESIAN CARGO CULTS. Translated by Max Wohlwill. BNo. 0-7022-1095-1. First Edition (AU) 1979 (1971). Pp: xv, 215; 210mm x 135mm; 0.48kg. 30 b/w (pl), 10 fig, 1 map. Acknowledgments, foreword, introduction, appendices 1 to 6, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1979. (The real significance of cargo cults as a response to the invasion of an alien, powerful civilisation is revealed in this study. The book is a collection of many records of the natives' belief and interpretation of western knowledge) (Keywords: Cargo Cults, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Papua, Sepik, Madang, Morobe, Koreri, Yeliwan, Mambu, Yali, Vailala).
Book Code: A034 AU$35
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Detail of wrap of NEO-MELANESIAN DICTIONARY (gr-steinbauer2p 140/213 STEI2)
Steinbauer, Friedrich (compiler). NEO-MELANESIAN DICTIONARY. New Guinea Pidgin-English. BNo.0-7818-0656-9. Reprint Edition, 1998 (1969). Pp: 116; 210mm x 140mm; 0.16kg. no illus. Introduction. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Institute of Pacific Studies, Cook Islands, 2003. (This dictionary contains a list of 1,900 words of the New Guinea Pidgin language, which is also called Neo-Melanesian) (Keywords: Dictionary, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Pidgin).
Book Code: S212 AU$20
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Detail of cover -KUNST UND KULTUR AUS DER SUDSEE (gr-stohr01p 170/216 STOH01)
Stohr, Waldemar. KUNST UND KULTUR AUS DER SUDSEE. Sammlung Clausmeyer Melanesien. BNo. 3-925138-11-4. First Edition, 1987. Pp: 390; 270mm x 210mm; 1.88kg. 46 col, 276 b/w & fig, map (ep). Vorwort, einfuhrung, literaturverzeichnis. A very good hardback copy with illustrated boards. Cvr: vg. Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum fur Volkerkunde, Koln, 1987. (All text is in the German . This book is the catalogue for the Sammler Clausmeyer collection which includes 352 catalog items (many with photographs) from the Sepik, Papuan Gulf, Irian Jaya, New Britain, New Ireland, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu (New Hebrides)) (Keywords: Ethnology, tribal artefacts, masks, shields, sculptures, pottery, stools, neckrests of Melanesia, Oceania, Pacific, culthouses).
Book Code: M293 AU$160
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Vandercook, John W. DARK ISLANDS. Fiji, New Guinea and the Solomons. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1938. Pp: (viii), 306; 215mm x 140mm; 0.68kg. 14 b/w. contents. A good hardback copy. Cvr: g. (lacks dw; light fading on sto; minor foxing on page edges). William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1938. (John Vandercook recounts his experiences in travelling by various steamers to the Pacific islands, Fiji, New Guinea, New Britain and Solomon Islands) (Keywords: Adventure, exploration, Pacific, Melanesia).
Book Code: C169 AU$34
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Detail of wrapper - ASIWINARONG - Ethos, Image, and Social Power. Among the Usen Barok of New Ireland (wagner10p 150/226 WAGN10)
Wagner, Roy. ASIWINARONG - Ethos, Image, and Social Power. Among the Usen Barok of New Ireland. BNo. 0-691-09421-7. First Edition, 1986. Pp: xxiv, 239; 215mm x 140mm; 0.50kg. 29 b/w(pl), 6 fig, 3 maps. Prologue, acknowledgments, phonology note, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg, dw: vg. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1986. (The author's study of the Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's house feasting cycle. The kaba, or culminating "death feast" of that cycle, is invoked by the word "asiwinarong"' which symbolises the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical integrity and precedence rest) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Ireland, Barok, ritual, ceremony).
Book Code: H433 AU$45
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Detail of wrapper - ART OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS (waite2p 160/222 WAIT02)
Waite, Deborah B. ART OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. From the Collection of the Barbier-Muller Museum. BNo. 2-88104-003-9. First Edition 1983. Pp: 148; 300mm x 230mm; 1.27kg. 35 col, 123 b/w, 3 fig, 2 maps. General introduction, notes, bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg, dw: vg. Barbier-Muller Museum, Geneva, 1983. (This book was written to accompany an exhibition of artefacts from the Solomon Islands held in Geneva in 1983. It also reveals something of the cultural context for which the artefacts were originally created) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Santa Ana, Nissan, Bougainville, Buka, New Georgia, Guadalcanal, tindalo).
Book Code: R475 SOLD - now out of stock AU$300
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